Former West Ham midfielder Dimitri Payet has been sensationally offered the chance to return to east London by both his agent and Marseille as the French club need to raise funds.

Payet left West Ham in January 2017 under dark cloud to re-join his former club Marseille after demanding to leave the Hammers when Slaven Bilic was in charge. He eventually departed back to his former employers for £25m during the January transfer window.

West Ham are closing in on the signing of Jack Wilshere, who is having a medical on Friday, and new manager Manuel Pellegrini is desperate to add another midfielder to his ranks following the devastating injury to Manuel Lanzini.

Pellegrini is reportedly talking things over with the Hammers senior pro's - Mark Noble, Adrian, Pedro Obiang and some others - about whether it would be the right thing to do to bring the mercurial 31-year-old back to the capital.

Dimitri Payet of Marseille (Image: Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Payet starred at Upton Park after signing from Marseille for £10.7m, with his displays a huge factor in the Hammers finishing seventh in their final season at the Boleyn Ground.

As such, the player was handed a lucrative, new five-year contract in February 2016, making him the then highest paid player in West Ham's history.

(Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

But it all came to a sorry end when in December 2016, former manager Slaven Bilic revealed that Payet wanted out of the club after a the Hammers suffered a poor start to life in the London Stadium. Payet accused West Ham of being a boring team, co-owner David Sullivan fired back saying Payet had betrayed the club.

The Frenchman was sent to train with the U23s while his future was sorted out and was banished from the first team.

Payet helped Marseille to the Europa League final last season but picked up an injury which caused him to miss the game, and also blew his chances of making the France World Cup squad for the tournament in Russia.

Any move back to the London Stadium will probably cost more than what the club sold Payet for to Marseille, though the player has reportedly solved his personal issues he had with the club and would be willing to come back.

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